Where Prince, Sean And Madonna Go, So Goes Jim

You can choose to believe this or not, but it has nothing to do with owing anybody any money.

It's just about doing a little pizzazzing up.

Musicians do this all the time:

Sean Combs became Puff Daddy and now is P. Diddy.

Prince Rogers Nelson became Prince, and then just a symbol.

And, of course, the rapper ``Ghostface Killah,'' is now going only by ``Ghostface'' (in case you happen to bump into him).

The most recent conversion is Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, who initially downsized to Madonna, and now wants to be called Esther because it has better ``energy'' or something.

I don't see myself going with anything like Puff Jimmy, or J. Doodle, but if Madonna is not going to use Madonna anymore, I might be interested in that, and the same goes for Killah.

This isn't the first time I've contemplated a name adjustment.

A long time ago I thought about having a pen name. I was going to go with Gym Shea. Then it was pointed out to me that the only thing having such a name would do is announce in advance that I was a moron.

So I shelved the idea.

I don't know, we all seem so wedded to our assigned names. Why should it be such a big deal to go with something new, something that fits the present-you better?